Car-coupling



(No Model.)

W. P.' HALL.

GAB, GOUPLING.

Patented Peb. 1, 1887" @3kb/wams n Firms llnrinn reins wenn @stioneXVALTER F. HALL, GF UROH, BHSSOUR.

SPECIEICTION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,753, dated February1, 1887.

Application iiled October 1S, 1885. Serial No. M6553.

(No model.)

To all whom it may oon/eerie:

Be it known that I, XVM/BER F. HALL, a. citizen of the United States,residing et Uricli, in the county of Henry and State of Hissouri, haveinvented n new ond useful Improvement in Cor-Couplings, of which thefollowing is e. specification.

My invention relates to improvements in oer-couplings; ond it consistsof the details of Construction, novel combination, Iind adapte,- tion oiports for service, substantially es hereinafter described, andspeeieollypointed out in the oleiin appended.

The ohjeet oi' my invention is to provide n oar-eonpling in which thecoupling is effected nutonintioollggnnd thereby avoid the neces` sity ofthe attendent passing between the ears, et the iisl; of his life, toaccomplish this end; further, to provide novel ond efficient ineens foiguiding the coupling-link and controlling the coupling-pin, nll ushereinafter fully expleined.

In the accompanying drowingsmfhicli illustrate o eer-couplingconstructed in aoeordonce with and embodying the features of myinvention, Figure l is a, side elevation of my improved oor-coupling.Fig. I2- is n longitudi nel sectional View of the saine. Fig. 3 isadetail viewoi the pin-supporting block, and Fi. 4 is o transversesectional View.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar letters of reference denotecorresponding ports in the several figures, A designates the drawheed ofon ordinary our. This drow-head A is provided with the usuel daringmouth, a, communicating with n suitable chamber, o, in the rear Well ofwhich ehomber is provided e circular socket, o?, for the purpose to beexplained.

ln the upper Woll of the drow-head A, on the inner side thereof, isprovided n rectanguler groove, u, adapted to receive the correspondinglyshaped projeetion'or feather l, formed on the upper ieee of thepin-supporting hlool; B. At the rear portion of the bleek is provided ostud, to which is tted n spring, ZJ', adopted to be'received in thesocket o of the drziwhend From this construction it will he seen thatprovide a spring'aotunted pin-supporting or coupling block and guidingineens for the seme. This block B is further provided on its upper focewith e notch or eut-out portion, Z, to support the coupling-link inraised position, and on its lower foce or portion is out out, as at b3,to reeeive and guide the link in the drow-heed of en approaching om".

Formed integral with. the drawdiend A, o1' in :m3vr preferred mannerrigidly secured thereto, on the upper fece thereof, is averticallydisposed bleek, C, provided with e central opening or passage,c, which is in line and communicates with the usuel aligned openings,ai, in the drow-heed A, through .which the coupling-pin D is passed.

The opening o in the bleek C- is of lerger diameter at its lower end,c', than at its upper end, ci, so as to prevent the couplingpin D, whichis of a shape similar to the said opening c, from losing Withdrawn orworking ont.

At e. snitoble point on the coupling-pin D is provided o lug orextension, d', to rest against the upper end of ovpivoted heil, E, thatis ottaehed to the block C.

.i Freni the foregoing description, taken in eonnection with thedrawings, the operation of my cui' coupling will be readily understood,and is as follows: The coupling-pin D is raised and supported by thesupporting-bail E, the lower end of the pin resting in the notch Zatofthe spring-actuated blool; B and staining the block in place. The linkof the npprosehing cor enters and strikes in the eutout portion b3 ofthe block l5, forces the latter book, and (in-uses the pin to full andthus eii'ect the coupling automatically, es will he readily understoodby reference to Fig. 2 of the drewings.

lt will he readily observed that l provide e earcoupling ofvery simpleeonstruction,wliieli is thoroughly efficient in operation, as Well esautomat-ie, :tud that it is very cheap to mouw facture.

lt will also be seen that my improved means for guiding the coupling pinend link ere thoroughly eiiieient, ond that the eoupling of the cars isalways certain und the danger of losing lives is preventedb I c1am- Intestimony that I claim the foregoing als4 In a car-coupling, thedraw-head A, block my own I have hereto affixed my signature in Io C,pin D, and supporting device E, in compresence of two Witnesses..Vbination with spring-actnated block B, having 5 notch b", to receive oneend 0fpin D,a.nd cut- WALTER F HALL' out portion b3, to form a guide forthe 1ink,a11 Witnesses: combined, arranged, and operating for the pur-ALBERT H. HALL, pose set forth. OBADIAH R. TOMPKINS.

